I've been at the hangar all day playing musical aircraft and I think I figured out a way to put one more Cirrus in the mix. I woke up a dozen times last night mentally moving high wing/low wing, big/little airplanes around and trying to match personalities and flying frequency to make everyone happy. Being an airport slum lord isn't as easy as one might think..................
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I've been at the hangar all day playing musical aircraft and I think I figured out a way to put one more Cirrus in the mix. I woke up a dozen times last night mentally moving high wing/low wing, big/little airplanes around and trying to match personalities and flying frequency to make everyone happy. Being an airport slum lord isn't as easy as one might think..................
Must be ruff !
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Sheila still walks 6 or 7 miles a day but I don't have the time to do that every morning.us.
Brother Jim, short distances, higher intensity is your friend. Where "duration" is intensity, it takes a doggone long time. Look up the Tabata Protocol. It gives you the extreme end of that protocol. DON"T DO IT. And don't ask me how I know "not do do it." Chronological age interacts with intensity. 100 watts output on a bike is not the same intensity at 70 years plus as it is at 20 years of age.
Best of New Years's to ya's. I'm figuring it that your Charlie and my Emma are having a blast together the other side of Rainbow Bridge.
Danpbphoto wrote:
Made my day Douglas! Is that you spaniel child?
Our cockers are gone and this time of year is especially hard on me. They were a huge part of my life. Eyes into my soul.
Great Christmas card!
Thanks!
Dan
Hi Dan, Cody is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He certainly is the king in the house! He will be 10 years old in Feb. He is like our child.
Went to the Great Falls in northern Virginia this morning, hoping to see massive icycles handing on the rocks but there were barely any. I guess it takes at least one week of really cold temperature for ice to form on these rocks.
Stopped by the Arlington National Cemetery to get a few quick shots on my way home. I was about an hour late for the best light. Looking at the weather forecast, there won't be any snow before the wreaths are removed. Personally I think a few inches of snow on the ground makes the scene even more solemn.
Douglas
ILCE-1FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens70mmf/13.01/30s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II lens200mmf/13.01/100s500 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II lens200mmf/11.01/160s500 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II lens120mmf/2.81/1600s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II lens145mmf/13.04s100 ISO0.0 EV
Happy New Year Tony! I hope this is the year that I get to take you to lunch/dinner, what a treat that would be. Wishing you and yours a wonderful 2023.
Douglas L wrote:
Hi Dan, Cody is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He certainly is the king in the house! He will be 10 years old in Feb. He is like our child.
Went to the Great Falls in northern Virginia this morning, hoping to see massive icycles handing on the rocks but there were barely any. I guess it takes at least one week of really cold temperature for ice to form on these rocks.
Stopped by the Arlington National Cemetery to get a few quick shots on my way home. I was about an hour late for the best light. Looking at the weather forecast, there won't be any snow before the wreaths are removed. Personally I think a few inches of snow on the ground makes the scene even more solemn.
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Douglas,
I figured that he was a KCS. Ours were all cocker spaniels. Many medical issues in the constant cross breeding of cocker spaniels.
Yes, he completely rebuilt it, polished it and put a bright red accent on it, updated the engine and avionics. He then sold it to a guy who rolled it up in a ball on the way home.
We all love flying and things that fly, "Gunny" is a very unique gentlemen in that I don't think that I have ever met a person/pilot who has the mix of qualities that Scott does. He's brilliant, a Phd in physics and something else that I can pronounce, and as a result, he sees things in a way most people could only dream about. His deep affection for aircraft of all types, but especially historical aircraft, is unparalleled in my experience. He is a truly amazing human being, and one heck of a stick. An hour in a T-6, or any other aircraft with Gunny is a transformative experience because he can explain what the airplane is doing to a depth that is simply amazing. He is a student of flight that makes Jonathan Livingston Seagull pale in comparison and his experience runs from Cubs and Spearman's right through Phantoms and Strike Eagles. He's a serious guy, but fun, doesn't suffer fools and makes that clear, it's a privilege to call him my friend.
Bill Gass wrote:
Beautiful Jim,
I'll take that EF500 of your hands
I'd love for you to have it Bill, but it's long gone. I sold it after I battle tested the new EF200-400 with the 1.4 converter built in. That lens is now in someone else's hands once I tested the RF 100-500, and so it goes. My guess is the RF 600/4 will be the last big white that I buy.
